Michaels said that after the fire, as fire officials were conducting their investigation into the fire's cause, "One of the names that kept popping up was Jeffrey Reid."

Michaels said that Reid was a tenant in the apartment building in the 200 block of South Duke Street.

"He was in the process of being evicted from that apartment," Michaels said. "He was told to leave."

As of right now, the cause of the fire is listed as "undetermined," but that could change if new information in uncovered, he said.

When fire officials began their investigation, they found the fire began in a first-floor living room. Reid was living on the first floor, Michaels said.

Michaels said that after the homicide and the fire, fire and police investigators shared information, and found they had a common suspect in Reid.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Reid remained at large, wanted by police in the homicide and two attempted home invasions, all of which police said occurred on Saturday.

"They're going to hopefully find him, bring him in and ask him questions related to the fire," Michaels said of police. "Once we get more information from him, it's definitely going to help the investigation."

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A total of 13 people -- six adults and seven children -- were displaced by a two-alarm fire early Monday morning in the 200 block of South Duke Street in York, according to York City Fire/Rescue Services Chief Dave Michaels.

Firefighters saved a dog from the blaze in the building, which housed three apartment units. Only one of the residents was home when the fire broke out around midnight, and there were no injuries to occupants or rescue crews. Michaels said the cause remains undetermined.

"The fire started in the first-floor apartment," Michaels said. "The occupant of the third floor was home at the time. He heard a smoke detector sound, went to investigate and promptly made the 911 call."
Michaels said it was fortunate that considering the hour, more people weren't in the building when the fire broke out.

"Any time we get a fire at that time (of day), a lot of times people are just going into deep sleep," he said.

"We are fortunate the first and second floors were not home, and the smoke detectors were doing the job."
Michaels said the dog was found in the second-floor apartment and was rescued by the fire crew. "That made the occupant of the second floor very happy."

"It was pretty chaotic when we first got there. A lot of that was because people saying there are people still in there," Michaels said. "Once we got in there it was very quick. They did a good job with an interior attack."

Several people received assistance of clothing, shelter and comfort kits from the American Red Cross.

The Red Cross also provided mobile canteen services for the emergency responders at the scene.

Damage was estimated at $45,000 Michaels said. The fire was limited to the first floor, however the second and third floors had smoke and heat damage as crews had the blaze under control before 1 a.m.

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